You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of

earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the

company has done very little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the year has

experienced a shortage of cash. Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to

prepare master budget for the upcoming second quarter. To this end, you have worked with

accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled below.

The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price$13 per pair. Actual

sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs

of earrings):

January (actual) 20,600 June (budget) 50,600

February (actual) 26,600 July (budget) 30,600

March (actual) 40,600 August (budget) 28,600

April (budget) 65,600 September (budget) 25,600

May (budget) 100,600

The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother's Day. Sufficient inventory should

be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month.

Suppliers are paid $4.30 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month's purchases is paid for in the

month of purchase; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit. Only 20%

of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following

month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been

negligible.

Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below:

Variable:

Sales commissions 4 % of sales

Fixed:

Advertising $ 230,000

Rent $ 21,000

Salaries $ 112,000

Utilities $ 8,500

Insurance $ 3,300

Depreciation $ 17,000

Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year.

The company plans to purchase $17,500 in new equipment during May and $43,000 in new

equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of

$17,250 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter.

The company's balance sheet as of March 31 is given below:

Assets

Cash $ 77,000

Accounts receivable ($34,580 February sales; $422,240 March sales) 456,820

Inventory 112,832

Prepaid insurance 22,500

Property and equipment (net) 980,000

Total assets $ 1,649,152

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Accounts payable $ 103,000

Dividends payable 17,250

Common stock 860,000

Retained earnings 668,902

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,649,152

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $53,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning

of a month; any repayments are made at the end of a month.

The company has an agreement with a bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of

$1,000 at the beginning of each month. The interest rate on these loans is 1% per month and for

simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. At the end of the quarter, the company

would pay the bank all of the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible

(in increments of $1,000), while still retaining at least $53,000 in cash.

Required:

Prepare master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed

schedules:

1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total.

b. A schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total.

c. A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in

total.

d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total.

2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be

needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $53,000.

3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution

approach.

4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30.